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Saturday, February 26, 2011

A slightly modified version of the lyrics to the 7th inning stretch tradition that I'll be singing once again this year.

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home teamMetsies,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

Back when I was a bit younger (we'll call it the late '80s and early-mid '90s, a time when I wasn't quite a teenager), I remember running home from school on the day that Spring Training games finally began, or at least the day of the first broadcast on WFAN (for some reason, I had no, or chose not to use, a walkman). I would look forward to hearing the voices that I knew meant baseball for the first time after the long offseason.

On the eve of the fist Spring Training game, I bring you two treats.

First up is a 1 minute audio clip from the Mets first broadcast on WFAN from Spring Training 1998. I won't say any more, other than the voice is forver the voice of the Mets...
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Second is about 6 1/2 minutes in length, coming from another 1998 Spring Training game. This one is most of half of an inning from a road game against St. Louis in Jupiter's inaugural season. The play-by-play voice again belongs to Bob Murphy with Gary Cohen along side.
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I invite any readers to submit or link to their own Spring Training audio and video from the 1980s and 1990s.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Included in the list are programs related to Last Play at Shea, Jerry Seinfeld's visit to the Mets SNY booth, and both Howie Rose (for his Islanders work) and Gary Cohen nominated for best Play-by-Play.

Category

Program

Network

ENTERTAINMENT: NEWS

Mets Weekly: Last Play at Shea. April 24, 2010

SNY

Mets Weekly: Matthew Morrisson. May 29, 2010

SNY

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING

Kids Clubhouse. April 3, 2010.

SNY

SPORTS PROGRAMMING: PROGRAM SERIES

Mets Weekly. April 30, 2010

SNY

LIVE SPORTS EVENT: PROGRAM/SPECIAL

Mets on SNY: Jerry Seinfeld Visit. June 23, 2010

SNY

PROMOTION: SPORTS PROMO

Mets Opening Day Promo. March 15, 2010

SNY

Mr. Met’s Ready. June 15, 2010

WPIX

ON-CAMERA TALENT: SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

Gary Cohen

SNY

Howie Rose

MSG+ (Islanders)

DIRECTOR: LIVE OR LIVE TO TAPE

Bill Webb. April 5, 2010

SNY

I think this is Gary's year...

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MEET THE METS,MEET THE METS,
step right up and greet the Mets!
Bring your kiddies,
bring your wife;
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
because the Mets are really sockin' the ball;
knockin' those home runs over the wall!
East side,
West side,
everybody's coming down
to meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town!

Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the streets,
where did they go? To MEET THE METS!
Oh, they're hollerin' and cheerin' and they're jumpin' in their seats,
where did they go? To MEET THE METS!
All the fans are true to the orange and blue,
so hurry up and come on down -
'cause we've got ourselves a ball club,
The Mets of New York town!
Give 'em a yell!
Give 'em a hand!
And let 'em know you're rootin' in the stand!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Spring Training starts on the first. How do you think the Indians will do this year?

Customer 1:

It doesn't look too good.

Worker 1:

These guys don't look too fucking good.

Groundscrew 1 (subtitle):

They're shitty

Burn on big river. Burn on...

Quotes from the movie Major League. It's funny. You should own the DVD. Pitchers and Catchers report on Tuesday. Maybe we'll get that Willie Mays Hayes. And since when does Spring Training start on the "first"? Do they mean games or pitchers and catchers?

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Yes, it's Super Bowl Sunday, and Pitchers and Catchers report in about a week. Before this short month is out, real (exhibition) baseball games will be played.

And with that, I have updated the Spring Training Schedule page to include all game times (it appeared I had been missing a few) and TV and Radio broadcasts from around the league (not just SNY, WPIX, and WFAN for those of you with MLB.TV and/or MLB Radio on the internet).

I'll be down in Port St. Lucie from March 15-26, following the Mets most days, but taking a few day trips when the Mets aren't playing in the I-95 corridor.

I'll be doing some sort of blogging and posting pictures while I'm down there. And as always, follow this site on Facebook to follow along with what's going on. I post a lot of information and jokes that are so short they aren't worth the effort of creating an entire blog post.

Hopefully by March, I'll start to have a good feeling about the 2011 Mets and the baseball season in general and I'll start posting more often. It's been a real quiet offseason.

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